Mally Elbaz Almandine
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW pain today . I do not think one can separate the creative process from the personal experience , since the latter is the catalyst to the creative process resulting from one ’ s inner truth . The origin of the choice of colors is innate in my emotional spectrum at that time , the same goes to the selected images chosen by the subconscious .
Your successful attempt to capture the physical feature of a place or a moment leaves space for the spectators to replay the scenes in their own intimate lives , letting them become emotionally involved in what you are attempting to communicate . How do you conceive the narrative for your works ?
The narrative of my work is created through the work process as I begin drawing without a sketch on the canvas . My mental-emotional experience is what motivates the work . While painting , emotions arise on the surface and I allow the expressive expression expressive to lead the formal and colorful moves . After this stage , I stop working in a logical and intelligent manner . I then ask myself questions such as : What does this image tell me -which experience have I gone through , what bothers me the image and why .
Thus , while allowing myself the process of inquiry and investigation , I engage in an internal and Sisyphean dialogue with myself , sometimes I find out things about myself and burst into tears mixed with joy , or rather pain that stems out from the discovery itself as well as better understanding of myself , of who I am . As I begin to discovery process , I at the same time start re-processing my emotional experience yet this time as an adult : Watching it in fear , pain and facing these experiences . At this point , I already know what is the title of the painting because the work is based on subjective experiences and feelings . The title becomes the outline the ongoing work . For example , the work " Stuck in The Mud ", the image was formed in the early stages of the work process . The thing that caught my attention was the fact that the girl ' s shoes I painted upside down , unconsciously . The girl is unable to move this way . As part of my investigation process , I drew my own experience of a girl who went to pick ( without permission ) oranges from the orchard and sank in the mud , dressed in new holiday clothes she received for Passover .